John Ware Poston Senior

Background

Senior, John Ware Poston was born on July 8, 1937 in Sparta, Tennessee, United States.

Education

B. John Gordon and Martha Estella (Ware) P. Master of Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1969, Doctor of Philosophy,1971. Experimental physicist Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1957-1964.

Health physicist Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, 1964-1977. Associate professor Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1977-1984.

Professor Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, Texas, 1985.

Consultant Pennsylvania Power & Light, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1987, television Electric, Dallas, Texas, 1988, Consultec Scientific, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1993.

Achievements

• John Ware Poston Senior has been listed as a noteworthy health physics educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society, Society Nuclear Medicine, Health Physics Society (president-elect 1985-1986, president, 1986-1987, founders award, 1994).

Connections

Married Lillian Yvonne Plunkett, June 20, 1958. Children: Martha Ruth, Vera Frances, John Ware, Junior.

Spouse:

Lillian Yvonne Plunkett

child:

Junior Senior

child:

Martha Ruth Senior

child:

John Ware Senior

child:

Vera Frances Senior